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Interpol
Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down
Guitar 1:
e|--5--//----5--//----5--//--|
B|--5--//----5--//----5--//--|
G|--5--//----5--//----5--//--|
D|--7--//----7--//----7--//--|
A|--8--//----5--//----0--//--|
E|---------------------------|
"...game" "days daze days" x3 "days daze days"
e|--5--/-/-/-/------5--//----5--//----5--///-------5--//--|
B|--5--/-/-/-/------5--//----5--//----5--///-------5--//--|
G|--5--/-/-/-/------5--//----5--//----5--///-------5--//--|
D|--7--/-/-/-/------7--//----7--//----7--///-------7--//--|
A|--8--/-/-/-/------5--//----0--//----5--///-------5--//--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus:
"She was alright..."
e|----------7-7-5-5-----------------------------------|
B|--5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6--|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--| x4
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
"Airtight..."
e|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
B|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Chorus:
"She broke away, broke away"
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--7--//---7--//---7--//--| x4
A|--5--//---5--//---8--//--|
E|----------6--------------|
1st time don't play the 1st chord
3rd time play the 1st chord twice
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Outro:
e|---------------------------------|
B|--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
G|--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Until the end
Guitar 2:
Main Riff
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|--------14----------14----------14----------14-----|
D|--15-15----15-15-15----15-15-15----15-14-14----14--|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------13----------13----------13----------13-----|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--15-15----15-15-15----15-15-15----15-14-14----14--|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
slide down
e|--13-13-13-13-13-----------------------------------|
B|--13-13-13-13-13-----------------------------------|
G|--14-14-14-14-14-----------------------------------| x3
D|--15-15-15-15-15----------12-12-12-14-14-14-14-14--|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---------7--9--10-12--14-//--|
D|--15-------------------------|
A|---------5--7--8--10--12-//--|
E|-----------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--10--//-12--//-13--//-13--//-13--//--|
G|---9--//--9--//--9--//-10--//--9--//--|
D|---7--//--9--//-10--//-10--//-10--//--|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
"Airtight..."
e|---------------------------|
B|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
G|--10-10-10--9--9--9--9--9--|
D|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
"She broke away, broke away"
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--7--//---7--//---7--//--| x4
A|--5--//---5--//---8--//--|
E|----------6--------------|
1st time don't play the 1st chord
3rd time play the 1st chord twice
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Outro
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|---5--7---5--7---9--9-9-9-7-7-7-7-5~~~-7~~~-|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Until the end
Last time
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------6~~~--6~~~-|
G|---5--7---5--7---9--9-9-9-7-7-7-7-5~~~-------7~~~-|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
The other one was kinda confusing, so here you go.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Justin Wanna Be |
#1 by Justin Thibeault at Jun 20, 1973 at 1:27 AM EST |
| ....Amazing.... | |
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Zach Average |
#2 by Zach King at Oct 3, 1978 at 9:11 AM EST |
| I have a distinct feeling at least part of this song was inspired by A Streetcar Named Desire. The constant yells of "Stella" and "Stella I love you" were also some of the most powerful lines in both the play and the movie. I'm always reminded of the movie when I hear this song... which is a good thing. | |
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Justin Wanna Be |
#3 by Justin at Sep 23, 1983 at 11:39 AM EST |
| Maybe my interpretattion is clouded by my own neuroses but I think Stella is this girl who just feels like people are always looking at her in a negative, judgemental way, even strangers. I think she secludes herself from people in the "tight" "sea" so she won't be looked at and then she's alright. I dunno if we can even try to understand what any of Interpol's songs mean anyway b/c Paul Banks has said he uses free association and half the time he can't even articulate the songs' meanings. | |
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eddy Lead Player |
#4 by eddy blade at Dec 21, 1983 at 3:49 AM EST |
| beautiful song. it reminds me of "where is my mind" by the pixies a little. i think it's just about this girl stella escaping the trivialities of the world and finding something thrilling within herself. | |
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matthew Wanna Be |
#5 by matthew dawkins at Nov 23, 1987 at 12:40 PM EST |
| I think it's about a chick he only uses for oral sex. But maybe I'm just dense. | |
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Jesse Average |
#6 by Jesse R at Mar 8, 1989 at 7:58 PM EST |
| its about that girl you feel bad for taking advantage of, but you just cant help your own biology. | |
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jga Average |
#7 by jga qup at Aug 23, 1989 at 12:41 PM EST |
| I think this song is about a woman the singer loved so much that he killed her and drowned her as this was the only way he could put himself at ease. some of us are familiar with the phrase "I LOVE IT SO MUCH I WANT IT TO DIE" and i thing this is what this song deals with. the man in love with Stella is not evil, just unbalanced by his love for someone he cannot attain. "she knows there's people watching her" tells us that she is aware of her beauty and indicates the singer is out of her leauge so to speak. "She cant come out tonight, cause the sea was so airtight", "bottom of the ocean she dwells" point towards him drowning her. THE SONGS CLIMAX - IT'S MEANING She went down down down there into the sea, Yeah she went down down down there, down there for me, right on So good, oh yeah, right on For me this is the man recollecting the way her dead body sank to the ocean floor, and how he was satisfied and found peace. I know this is a morbid interpretation but i believe with aman as complex as Paul Banks and band as 'Dark' as interpol it is feasible that the characters in these song's are not all innocent lovers, save that for pop music. Interpols lyrics if they can teach us anything (they are, let's be honest fairly ambiguous) teach us that love is not for a select group of society, and perhaps the things we do for love are not always wholsome or traditonally good, such is it's nature. Shakespeare described his tragic hero Othello as "One that lov'd not wisely but too well." Othello loved his wife so much that he was blinded by it and killed her in vain. Interpols hero in this song however doe's not regret his killing, perhaps it is his way of showing love. who knows. hehe. peace drama and skateboarding!! o(- | |
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eric was here Professional Badass |
#8 by eric was here at Nov 16, 1996 at 4:24 AM EST |
| i think its about some everyday girl that is terribly insecure-- about the 'people watching' behind the 'building fronts' that are 'just fronts' to her 1 2 3 4 Next | |
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Zach Rhythm Player |
#9 by Zach at Dec 10, 2002 at 1:15 AM EST |
| Both the best and worst song EVER. Great depressing tune, but droning | |
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